I have a sheet of vinyl in my entry way. I need a temporary fix, until I can replace the carpet. Can I pull up the vinyl without disturbing the molding around it, place a thin sheeting down and then lay vinyl peel and stick tiles? My reasoning for the sheeting is that peel and stick are so hard to remove, I want to be able to lift them when I replace the carpet and put some permanent flooring down. Will this last for the year or longer if need be?
Thank you in advance for any input.
The vinyl planks are lifting and peeling. This is the third time I have installed this type of flooring and had no problems before. I called their customer service number and an inspector is coming tomorrow morning to tell me if im eligible for a refund or credit. I want to make sure he has no reasons not to give me credit. Has anyone else had a representative personally come to their home and visually inspect flooring before giving a refund (trafficmaster in particular)? It was installed correctly, and I just dont want him to come over and say “oh geesh, you didnt let the tiles breathe before laying them down, sorry buddy, no refund for you…”. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
Ive just taken up my bathroom floor ready to lay self sicky vinyl, i put one tile down and it wouldnt stick, the problem is my floor is quite neven and chipped, is there an underlay i can put down first to even the room out? Thanks
After a kitchen remodel we had a few large pieces of vinyl sheet flooring left over. I decided to use these as a new floor for my 11 ft by 8 ft home office. The largest piece covered about 60% of the area but to match the pattern I had to use 3 more pieces cut just right. I tried to match and cut the edges the correct way but my knife had issues slicing through the two layers along the straight edge. I gave up and cut and glued one piece by eye and steady hand. It worked good and you cannot tell that there are 2 pieces. Now I have the other two open seams where the knife did not do me good and I really dont want to glue the edges until I am sure there will be no spaces. Can I patch a strip where it is irregular by removing 2 inches and replacing with an evenly cut piece. What can I use and do I need a seam sealer product?
Thanks in Advance for anything related.
When we remodeled our kitchen 3 years ago, we were told we needed to put down cement backerboard before the vinyl could be installed (to insure proper warranty of the vinyl). So we did. Now we would like to replace the vinyl with ceramic tile. Can we simply remove the vinyl and use the existing backerboard to install the tile on? We want a quality tile job, but would like NOT to have to take up the backboard and put down new backerboard.
Hi. This is my first time posting here. I have a question that I’m hoping someone can help me with. We had to pull up the carpet in the hallway of our home because I couldn’t stand the odor coming from it any longer. We had cats in the past that preferred it to their litter box.
Due to financial restrictions, my husband and I decided that we would go with what I refer to as a “temporary, indefinite fix”. We are going to install some of the self-adhesive floor tiles. Our dilemma in installing these tiles is where to measure and snap the chalk lines for lining up the tiles.
The hallway is in a T shape. The hallway is not the same width at one end as it is on the other end of either part of the T. (The builders didn’t do a very good job of squaring up their work.) The top part of the T has six doors leading to bedrooms, closets and bathroom. The bottom of the T has one closet door in it. The bottom part of the T stops at the foyer which has parquet type wood flooring.
The instructions that came with the tile said to draw a line 12″ to the wall that is farthest from the door. I can’t exactly do that since there are so many doors. I thought about measuring the line 12″ from the wall that makes the top part of the T, but then I run into the problem with the walls not being square. Is this still the best place to start? If I do this, then I will have partial pieces meeting up with the foyar floor. Will this look alright? I plan to put a wood piece down where the two different flooring meet to give it a “professional” finished look.
Also, should I mark a chalk line down the center of the bottom part of the T to cross with the line on the top part of the T?
I hope all this make sense and that someone out there can help me. Thanks in advance for any help.
i am having a problem with My kitchen floor
it was in a bad condition because i removed the ceramic floor tiles and it left patches of black tar like stuff all over it
so i used some floor leveling compound, this left more problems because the directions said 4 parts powder to 1 part water, it was so thick that when i tipped the bucket up side down it stayed in the bucket
it was a disaster
then my husband mixed more to try to get rid of the ridges he did well but it has left the kitchen not 100% smooth and extremely dusty
we have gone over the floor and smoothed it over by using a scraper and it is better but not perfect
what would you do the tiles i tried one of them but the dust prevented it from sticking
i wondered if i should use neat pva glue over the floor first
or even apply some to the tiles as i lay them down
thank you for your help
xxx vici
We’ve just moved into a house with the 70’s green vinyl flooring in the bathroom. It’s in great condition but it’s ugly! We want to do an under the sea theme for our son, and I would like to paint the floor to look the bottom of an ocean floor.
We’re remodeling the kitchen right now- so putting a new floor in the bathroom is not in the budget for a year or so.
Please don’t just say yes or no- I’d like to know reasons. Thanks!
The new tiles are 1 1/2 times larger squares and laid differently. Still, some of the edges lift up and don’t stick properly. I made sure that the floor was clean and smooth before I installed. What should I do? Should I buy vinyl glue? would that work?
I have removed nasty old carpet from the small hallway bathroom, found concrete underneath. I plan on laying down those self-adhesive vinyl tiles in its place, but the concrete is uneven in some places. Do I need to fix this, and how? And I don’t want to do anything that would be messy, it’s just a small bathroom, and we just put down new carpet outside, and I don’t want to risk getting anything on it. Any advice? Thanks!